бенка

• бе́мка (bémka)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكك (beñek), adapted by analogy with пъ́пка (pǎ́pka, “spot”), чи́рка (čírka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛŋkɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋkɐ
• Syllabification^(key): бен‧ка

бе́нка • (bénka) f

1. (anatomy) beauty mark, beauty spot, mole, mother's mark, nevus

• “бенка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бенка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бе́нка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 42

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بكك (beñek).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛŋka]

бенка • (benka) f (diminutive бенкичка)

1. birthmark